COMMENTARY

That's all from Super Sunday. We witnessed a couple of one-sided matches where Bangalore suffered yet another loss while Kolkata gave a royal thrashing to Rajasthan. On Monday, Punjab will be hosting Hyderabad at 2000 local (1430 GMT). Do join us for all the action. Cheers!

Man of the Match, Harry Gurney, says this was the kind of pitch which suited his cutter options, so is happy to make his debut here. Adds that he works on his variations a lot so is happy it's paying off. When asked about the knuckle ball, he says he's still working on it but is unsure if he'll use it in this season of the competition.

Kolkata skipper, Dinesh Karthik, says it was a clinical effort from his side. States that there are a lot of slow surfaces in India which you need to adapt to fast, but admits that his boys are doing that well. On Harry Gurney, he mentions that he's got the confidence and the skills, so isn't surprised that he's had a good debut.

Chris Lynn also comes up for a little chat. He is all smiles and first admits that he got a little bit of luck again tonight. Adds that they were in full control of the match after a nice Powerplay. On the incident when the bails didn't come off, Lynn replies that he thought he either got bowled or caught behind but was surprised what happened. Praises the batting of Sunil Narine and terms it unbelievable. Mentions that they just want to keep things simple. States that it's a big tournament and they just need to put up wins on the board.

Rajasthan skipper, Ajinkya Rahane, says that 150-160 would have been a good total. Admits that they didn't bowl according to the plan and there is a lot to learn from this match. Hopes his boys will take lessons from this outing. Rues the dropped catch and the moment when the bails didn't come off when Chris Lynn was batting. Informs that the thought behind playing two wrist spinners was that the wicket was going to be on the slower side and that's why they gave Sudhesan Midhun a game today.

Rajasthan just appeared listless with the ball. A complete contrast to the first innings where the batsmen struggled so much to make proper connection with the ball. Whether it be spinner or pacer, the Kolkata opening pair successfully attacked anyone they faced and put the game to bed more easily than anyone would have thought. Plenty for the home side to ponder and work on. Earlier in the evening, Rajasthan managed to post 139 on the board on the back of a fine fifty from Steven Smith, but it eventually didn't prove to be enough.

A thumping victory for Kolkata. Where Rajasthan struggled so much with the bat, the visitors have just battered the hosts' bowling attack like it was a flat wicket. It poses a big question as to what happened in the first innings. Lynn and Narine set the tone and more or less finished the job at hand as the duo put 91 runs between them for the opening stand, with the former scoring a fast fifty. Uthappa and Gill then came in and put the finishing touches on a comfortable chase.

End of over 14 ( 8 Runs )KKR 140/2Shubman Gill* 6(10)Robin Uthappa 26(16)13.6Ben Stokes to Shubman Gill.wide, 1 run, Wide! And it ends in a rather anti-climatic manner, but the victory was always going to come. KOLKATA WIN BY 8 WICKETS AND 37 BALLS REMAINING! Stokes angles this down the leg side as Gill fails to flick. The umpire signals a wide.

13.5Ben Stokes to Shubman Gill. no run, Drives this full ball to the cover fielder with the full face of the bat.

13.4Ben Stokes to Robin Uthappa. 1 run, The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total.

13.2Ben Stokes to Shubman Gill. no run, Shubman Gill has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

13.1Ben Stokes to Shubman Gill. leg byes, 4 runs, FOUR LEG BYES! Angling in on leg stump, Gill tries to tickle it fine down the leg side. It goes off his pads instead as the ball finds its way to the boundary line.

Ben Stokes brought on to bowl.

End of over 13 ( 15 Runs )KKR 133/2Robin Uthappa* 25(15)Shubman Gill 5(6)12.6Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa. no run, Nice shape in, around off before going away as it lands on a driving length. The batter prods forward and defends it out well.

12.5Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa.SIX, SIX! Straight as an arrow. Tossed right up there, in the slot, Uthappa plants his front foot forward, gets close to the pitch and smokes it back over the bowler's head. It's a flat hit and that's one more biggie for Kolkata. They're inching towards victory here.

12.4Shreyas Gopal to Shubman Gill. 1 run, Dragged short once again, it's pulled away into the leg side for another single.

12.3Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa. 1 run, Full on off, driven through to long off for a run.

12.2Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa.SIX, SIX! A poor ball and it's been duly punished by Uthappa. Half-tracker in line of the stumps, Robbie goes deep inside the crease and muscles the pull over mid-wicket for a biggie.

12.1Shreyas Gopal to Shubman Gill. 1 run, Turning away from outside off, on a driving length, driven through covers for a single.

End of over 12 ( 3 Runs )KKR 118/2Shubman Gill* 3(4)Robin Uthappa 12(11)11.6Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill. 1 run, Full toss straying on the pads, clipped down to fine leg as the batsmen cross over.

11.5Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill. no run, Archer goes full and keeps the line straight, Gill can only drive it back to the bowler.

11.4Jofra Archer to Robin Uthappa. 1 run, Full and wide outside off, the batter drives it a bit square through cover-point and jogs across to the other end.

11.3Jofra Archer to Robin Uthappa. no run, Another dot. Uthappa moves inside the line and works this away in front of the short mid-wicket fielder.

11.2Jofra Archer to Robin Uthappa. no run, Full once again, outside the line of off stump this time, Robin finds mid off with a drive.

11.1Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill. 1 run, Darted full, it's angling in on middle and leg, Gill flicks it neatly through square leg and gets to the other end.

10.5Shreyas Gopal to Chris Lynn.out, OUT! Lynn departs. He's more or less finished the job here. Gopal floats it up in line of the stumps, the Australian openers kneels down and brings out the slog sweep again. Is in no control of it this time as it lobs over towards fine leg. Midhun from the deep comes running in and takes a simple catch.

10.4Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa. 1 run, A short delivery which has been pulled away. The batsmen have run through for a single.

50 runs for Chris Lynn
10.3Shreyas Gopal to Chris Lynn. 1 run, Fifty for Chris Lynn, his 7th in the Indian T20 League. Well-deserved too. Quicker one on off, it goes off the inside edge, thuds off the pads and rolls past the keeper behind. A single is taken.

10.2Shreyas Gopal to Chris Lynn.SIX, SIX! Go fetch that, says Chris Lynn! This is right off the meat. Loopy and full outside off, Lynn moves a step across and nails the slog sweep to perfection. Sends it into the deep mid-wicket stands for a maximum.

10.1Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa. 1 run, Nicely leans into the tossed up ball and pushes it towards mid off for one.

End of over 10 ( 13 Runs )KKR 105/1Robin Uthappa* 9(6)Chris Lynn 43(29)9.6Sudhesan Midhun to Robin Uthappa. 1 run, Uthappa pulls this short delivery towards wide long on for a single.

9.5Sudhesan Midhun to Chris Lynn. 1 run, Short, flat and turning away outside off, Chris cracks it through the gap in the off side and gets to the other end.

9.4Sudhesan Midhun to Chris Lynn. no run, Full and on off stump, eased towards mid off.

100 runs for KKR
9.3Sudhesan Midhun to Chris Lynn.FOUR, FOUR! A boundary this time. Tripathi can't stop it. Lynn sees it turning away from him, so he cuts it off the outer half past short third man.

9.2Sudhesan Midhun to Robin Uthappa. 3 runs, More runs for Kolkata. It turns away from around off, Uthappa gets an edge which goes past short third man. Tripathi chases after it and pulls it back in with a dive just inside the rope. The batsmen take three.

9.1Sudhesan Midhun to Robin Uthappa.FOUR, FOUR! Shot. This is all about the timing. The placement is good too. Tossed up leg break outside off, Uthappa drives it neatly through the gap in the covers and bisects the two men in the deep to find the fence.

End of over 9 ( 8 Runs )KKR 92/1Robin Uthappa* 1(3)Chris Lynn 38(26)8.6Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa. 1 run, Off the mark. Uthappa whips it from deep inside the crease through mid-wicket and collects a run.

8.5Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa. no run, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.

8.4Shreyas Gopal to Robin Uthappa. no run, Quick and flat outside off, Uthappa keeps it out on the off side.

Robin Uthappa walks out at number 3.

8.3Shreyas Gopal to Sunil Narine.out, OUT! Shreyas Gopal picks up the first wicket. Breaks this brisk 91-run stand beautifully. Fools Narine with the wrong 'un, there's some extra bounce on this one. Narine backs away to cut but gets an edge to Smith at first slip, who takes a sharp catch. A little too late though? Kolkata only need 49 to win off 69 balls.

8.2Shreyas Gopal to Chris Lynn. 1 run, Another slog sweep, just the single this time. Lynn places it aerially through backward square leg and changes ends.

8.1Shreyas Gopal to Chris Lynn.SIX, SIX! That's outta here! The boundaries are big here, but not enough it seems for Chris Lynn. He clears the fence once more. Tossed up on middle and leg, there's no room for the ball to turn. Lynn gets low and slog sweeps it over the square leg boundary.

End of over 8 ( 16 Runs )KKR 84/0Sunil Narine* 47(24)Chris Lynn 31(24)7.6Sudhesan Midhun to Sunil Narine.SIX, SIX! Flighted on middle, Narine smokes it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. Narine looks in a hurry to finish this one. He is either defending it or clearing the fence.

7.4Sudhesan Midhun to Sunil Narine.SIX, SIX! Midhun now gets the taste of Narine's medicine. Tossed up on middle, Narine gets on one knee and smokes this over mid-wicket for a maximum.

7.3Sudhesan Midhun to Sunil Narine. no run, Quicker on the pads, Narine has a swing at it but gets hit on the pads.

7.2Sudhesan Midhun to Sunil Narine. leg byes, 2 runs, Leg Bye! Quicker and fuller pitching on leg, Narine looks to whip it but misses. There is a stifled appeal as the ball hits his pad. The umpire though is not interested and turns it down. They take two runs as the ball goes fine of fine leg.

7.1Sudhesan Midhun to Chris Lynn. 1 run, Shorter on off, Lynn gets on his back foot and punches it to sweeper cover for a single.

Sudhesan Midhun to roll his arm over.

End of over 7 ( 3 Runs )KKR 68/0Chris Lynn* 30(23)Sunil Narine 35(19)
30 runs for Chris Lynn
6.6Shreyas Gopal to Chris Lynn. 1 run, Gets low to this floated ball and sweeps it behind square leg. One run to the total. Tidy first over from Gopal, just 3 runs from it.

6.5Shreyas Gopal to Chris Lynn. no run, The googly once more. Short and flat, coming in from outside off, Lynn goes back and plays it back to the bowler.

6.4Shreyas Gopal to Sunil Narine. 1 run, Backs away to this short ball outside off and slaps it to sweeper cover for one run.

6.3Shreyas Gopal to Sunil Narine. no run, Lands this just outside off, Narine defends from inside the crease.

6.2Shreyas Gopal to Sunil Narine. no run, The googly around off, Narine doesn't pick it up initially. Pokes at it from inside the line and gets beaten.

6.1Shreyas Gopal to Chris Lynn. leg byes, 1 run, Quick, flat and coming in on middle and leg, it goes off the pads on the leg side as Lynn wants to flick. A leg bye is taken.

Strategic break. Also, Shreyas Gopal is into the attack now.

End of over 6 ( 11 Runs )KKR 65/0Sunil Narine* 34(16)Chris Lynn 29(20)5.6Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine. no run, Full outside off, once again Narine throws his bat at it. He gets a bottom edge to it and the ball goes straight to short third man. Kolkata are 65/0 at the end of 6. They need another 75 runs off 84 balls.

5.5Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine. no run, Slower delivery outside off, Narine swings his bat at it but misses.

5.4Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine.FOUR, FOUR! Kulkarni is having a torrid day. Nothing seems to be going his way. Good length ball on middle and off, Narine flat-bats it over mid on for a boundary.

30 runs for Sunil Narine
5.3Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine. 2 runs, Good length ball on middle, Narine lofts it short of deep mid-wicket for a couple.

5.2Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine.FOUR, FOUR! Mistimed but placed to perfection. Fuller ball on middle and off, Narine takes his front foot out of the way and lofts it between mid-wicket and long on. It bounces just inside the ropes and goes for a boundary.

5.1Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine. no run, Slower ball outside off, going away with the angle. Narine swings his bat at it but misses.

End of over 5 ( 8 Runs )KKR 54/0Chris Lynn* 29(20)Sunil Narine 24(10)4.6Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn. no run, Sharp bumper from Jofra Archer, on off stump, Lynn can only duck and evade the ball.

4.5Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn. no run, Short of a good length into the body, defended with soft hands on the leg side.

4.4Jofra Archer to Sunil Narine. leg byes, 1 run, Fires it full and around leg, catches Narine on the pads as he misses his flick and the ball rolls on the off side. The batsmen pinch a leg bye.

4.3Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn. 1 run, Quick single. This is good running between the wicket. Lynn works this down wide of the mid-wicket fielder and both batsmen cross over without any trouble.

4.2Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn. no run, Keeps it tight around off, it's pushed in front of covers. No run taken.

50 runs for KKR
4.1Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn.SIX, SIX! The fifty comes up for Kolkata in no time at all. Lynn gives the charge to Archer and flat bats this down the ground. It's on a back of a length, but he connects well and clears long on with ease.

End of over 4 ( 10 Runs )KKR 46/0Sunil Narine* 24(9)Chris Lynn 22(15)3.6Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine. no run, Good length ball on the pads, Narine looks to flick but it goes off his pads to Buttler. There is a stifled appeal but it is turned down. End of an eventful and an unlucky over for Dhawal Kulkarni. 10 runs off it.

3.5Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn. 1 run, Back of a length ball on off, Lynn pulls it to square leg for a run.

3.4Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn. no run, Now a dot. Back of a length ball on the stumps, Lynn blocks it.

3.3Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn.FOUR, FOUR! He gets a life and he makes full use of it. Shorter in length on off and middle, Lynn pulls it powerfully through mid-wicket for a boundary.

3.2Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn. 4 runs, FOUR! We said it is just not Rajasthan's night and this once again proves that. A pacer's ball hits the stumps but the bails don't come off. Good length ball on off and middle, Lynn looks to hit it straight but gets an inside edge. The ball clips the leg pole and Lynn starts to walk. But then, he turns and sees the bails are still in its place. Kulkarni is shell-shocked. He cannot believe his luck. Two balls and two chances go abegging off his bowling. Rajasthan have missed the chance of dismissing both the openers. The ball goes to the fine leg fence for a boundary.

3.1Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine. 1 run, Dropped! It seems like it is just not Rajasthan's night here. Dhawal Kulkarni does everything well. He takes the pace off the ball and bowls it full on off. Narine is way too early in his shot and chips it high in the air. Rahul Tripathi comes to catch the skier from short third man. He gets there but misjudges it and the ball pops out of his hand. The batsmen cross for a run.

End of over 3 ( 4 Runs )KKR 36/0Chris Lynn* 13(11)Sunil Narine 23(7)2.6Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn. no run, Keeps it just outside off, Lynn forces the punch to the man at cover.

2.4Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn. no run, Aiming the top of off stump with a length ball, the Australian stays inside the crease and blocks.

2.3Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn.FOUR, FOUR! Shot. Short and wide outside off, too much width on offer which Lynn cashes in on. He flays it over point and finds the fence.

2.2Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn. no run, Some zip off the deck, a length ball outside off, Lynn plays and misses.

2.1Jofra Archer to Chris Lynn. no run, Good length delivery around off, Lynn gets an inside edge which rolls to short fine leg.

Jofra Archer is into the attack.

End of over 2 ( 22 Runs )KKR 32/0Sunil Narine* 23(7)Chris Lynn 9(5)1.6Krishnappa Gowtham to Sunil Narine.FOUR, FOUR! Boundary to end the over and a super expensive over from Gowtham. 22 off it. Straighter on off, Narine slams it over covers for a boundary. Kolkata are off to a flying start.

1.5Krishnappa Gowtham to Sunil Narine.FOUR, FOUR! No place to hide for Gowtham. Narine is going all guns blazing after him. On the pads, Narine sweeps it over fine leg for yet another boundary.

1.4Krishnappa Gowtham to Sunil Narine.FOUR, FOUR! Narine is taking Gowtham to the cleaners. Tossed up on middle, Narine smacks it over mid-wicket for a boundary.

1.3Krishnappa Gowtham to Sunil Narine.SIX, SIX! Narine takes the aerial route and sends this one sailing into the crowd. Flighted on leg, Narine takes his front leg off the line and smacks it over the the mid-wicket fence for a maximum.

1.1Krishnappa Gowtham to Sunil Narine.FOUR, FOUR! Narine is not going wait long. He knows one way to play and that is aggressive. Tossed up on middle and off, Narine slog sweeps it over the square leg fence for a boundary.

0.5Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn.FOUR, FOUR! This is much better than the previous boundary. Back of a length ball around off, Lynn smacks it through covers for a boundary.

0.4Dhawal Kulkarni to Sunil Narine. 1 run, Narine is off the mark. Back of a length ball on off, Narine flat-bats it to cover for a single.

0.3Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn. 1 run, Fuller delivery on off, Lynn pushes it to point for a single.

0.2Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn.FOUR, FOUR! Lucky way to get the chase underway but Kolkata will take it. Good length ball on middle, Lynn looks to play it across with a flat bat but gets an inside edge. Luckily, it does not go onto the stumps and goes to the fine leg fence for a boundary.

0.1Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn. no run, Starts with a good length delivery on leg. The ball comes in after pitching. Lynn tries to flick it but misses and gets hit on the thigh.

We are back for the chase. Out walk the opening pair of Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn for Kolkata. Rajasthan to start with pace. Dhawal Kulkarni to take the new ball.